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“While substance use is suspected, we are still investigating,” Interior Health told Global News of the April 7 incident in Penticton.

Interior Health says former employees who worked there from 2003-09 should contact them to see if their personal information was contained in a document found by police.

A Telus outage triggered a code grey at multiple Interior Health (IH) locations including at the Penticton Regional Hospital.

On the evening of Feb. 28, a code orange was issued for multiple victims needing care. Then a code grey was issued after the computer system went down.

“The District of Lake Country and Interior Health recommend that all customers in the affected area drink boiled water or a safe alternative,” reads the warning.

According to Interior Health, the facility will be closed Monday, March 4 and Tuesday, March 5, to allow crews to continue repair and restoration work.

Interior Health announced the latest closure on Friday afternoon, just after 3 p.m., and that it’s due to limited physician availability.

Interior Health says the closure at Oliver’s only hospital will begin Friday night, Feb. 16, from 8 p.m., and end Saturday morning, Feb. 17, at 5 a.m.

A British Columbia First Nation says racism in the health-care system persists despite efforts by the government and industry to combat the problem.

The closure will begin Thursday evening (March 28) at 8 p.m., and end Friday morning (March 29) at 7 a.m.

David Lindsay's court date brought in its usual contingent of supporters, keen on expressing their affection the well-established vexatious litigant.

South Okanagan people needing advanced medical care will now benefit from the purchase of a second state-of-the-art computed tomography scanner at Penticton Regional Hospital.

Of all those lives lost from Jan. 1 to Jan. 16, 12 were from the Interior Health region, the coroners service said. It's unclear how many of these deaths were in the Okanagan.

On Friday, local officials were presented with the official designation at Penticton Regional Hospital.

An empty lot on Pacific Avenue in Kelowna, B.C., will soon be home to 20 complex-care and 20 supportive housing units.

David Lindsay's sentencing for an Aug. 21, 2021 assault began Friday, but as has been the case throughout the long and winding trial, it didn't come to a swift conclusion.

South Okanagan hospital's emergency department will be closed from 6 p.m. Sunday to 7 a.m. Monday. Patients are asked to go to Penticton or, in life-threatening cases, call 911.

People living in the Oliver area are being warned of another temporary emergency department closure, caused by "limited physician availability."

The cleanup is expected to take a couple of days to complete, and the rail trail will be closed to public traffic as the work continues.

Proposed bylaw amendments will require considerable staff resources and they're currently dealing with commitments to people affected by recent wildfires.